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R/Seniors,
Please guide:
1. I filed RTI application with DHBVN, Rewari.
2. No information was provided by SPIO.
3. I filed First Appeal with a request to FAA, that I am unable to come for hearing personally, if required, you are requested to call me on my mobile and also informing him that this is not mandatory for me to attend hearing of First Appeal.
4. After this, FAA send me a letter informing the schedule for hearing clearly informing that in case of your absence, case will be decided on merit basis.
5. I did not attend the hearing. I waited for the order copy, but FAA again send me a notice that you have not attended the hearing and give another date for hearing.
6. Again I don't attend hearing, second time he also does the same, send a letter to me with next date of hearing.
7. This time also, I ignore the hearing, now again I receive a letter informing the schedule for hearing.
8. FAA is delaying the process.
9. May I file a RTI that under which section, he is giving me dates for the hearing of first appeal again and again (pls share RTI draft)
10. Is it mandatory for me to attend hearing of first appeal.
11. Needs guidance of my Seniors and Friends.
Thanks,
Rajender Soni

The CICI web site shows 40200 appeals and complaints as pending before the CIC at 13:30pm on 19th July 2015
(1) What purpose the stale info/relief, if at all, the appellant gets, would serve the purpose?
(2) To clear pendency, run of the mill disposal would be the general outcome rather than exceptions - I apprehend.
(3) Unless CIC takes a proactive stance against the PIOs and FAAs, to reduce 2nd appeals and complaints, the pendency is likely to increase in coming years.

A total of 2851 appeals and complaints are pending with Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission (JKSIC), a study reveals.
New Delhi-based Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), which is mandated to ensure the practical realization of human rights in Commonwealth countries, in a study, ‘The State of Information Commissions and the Use of RTI Laws in India’ reveals that 2851 appeals and complaints were pending with JKSIC.
The research and report by Venkatesh Nayak also states that J&K SIC imposed penalties worth Rs 1.44 lakh in 7 cases in 2012-13.
Read more at: 2851 complaints pending with JKSIC - Rising Kashmir

Hello,
My self Md Arshad and i belong to East Champaran district,Bihar. I have worked with Acetel Technologies pvt ltd, Noida. I joined this company in November 2013 as Sr. Executive for its project in Chhattisgarh. I worked there till August 2014 and came home on leave for some urgent work. In the mean time project got stucked and company asked me to stay at home till project starts.
Till that time I haven't got salary for last two month. Though I haven't resigned but didn't go there as project is still not started. I am continuously asking for my pending salary. Wrote more than 10 mails called many times but company is not responding properly. They hired me on payroll not on contract basis but they are treating me as contract employee. I currently I am in great misery as my wife has been hospitalised for last 15 day. In the mean time I asked company repeatedly but my voice falling on deaf ears. It seems as I am asking loan. I have warned them that i will approach court to vet my money but i think they hardly care. I am looking for legal advice in this regard. Kindly provide me guidelines to get my pending salary and teach the company a lesson

Right to Information (RTI) Act Commissioner Lam Tantia Kumari on Monday rapped the Chittoor officials for “poor” implementation of the Act in the district.
Ms. Kumari, who was in the city as a part of her three-day tour to review the pending cases related to RTI Act, pointed out that pending cases were in the rise since January this year. “More than 700 cases were cleared in the beginning of the year. As many as 582 cases have been registered till date which shows an increase in awareness among people about official apathy,” she said.
Referring to the status of pending cases, she said that most of the officials were trying to withhold the information sought under RTI Act. “The spirit of the Act has been tarnished with officials not striving for transparency and accountability,” she pointed out.
Read at: Info chief raps officials over pending RTI cases - The Hindu

Srinagar, May 19 (KNS): Making mockery of the much hyped right to Information Act (RTI) in Kashmir valley, authorities have here been denying information to one of the RTI applicant since one year making him to move from pillar to post.
According to KNS correspondent, one RTI applicant namely Khurshid Ahmad Mir submitted an RTI application at the office of the Block Development Officer (BDO) Damal Hanjipora on March 26 of the year 20145 with the receipt number 60. The applicant had sought information about the details of the beneficiaries under Indira Aawas Yojna (AAY) besides the total number of beneficiaries of this scheme. He had also asked the BDO to furnish him the details of the total number of huts sanctioned under IAY and the details of the persons to whom such structures were granted.
Read at: The tale of a year old pending RTI - Kashmir News Service

BENGALURU: Wildlife experts have accused the state Forest Department of failing to investigate or prosecute offenders in hundreds of cases pertaining to Nagarhole Tiger Reserve (NTR), the country’s most precious tiger habitat. They claim investigations are still pending in a whopping 83 per cent of the cases.Documents accessed under the Right to Information (RTI) by Wildlife First, an NGO, have revealed that out of the 704 cases registered as on September 17, 2013, investigations have been completed and complaints or chargesheets filed in only 120 cases.Read at: ?Hundreds of Forest Offence Cases Pending - The New Indian Express

Report by Odisha Diary bureau, Bhubaneswar: Water Tax worth Rs. 6169 crores pending with the Companies and Factories in the State from 2000 to 2014 due to inefficiency and indifferent attitude of Odisha Govt. , exposed through RTI. This was informed by the RTI activist Pradip Pradhan and other activists in a press conference. - See more at: http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=58466#sthash.tfhfI6kP.dpuf
Read at:RTI exposed Water Tax worth Rs. 6169 crores pending with Companies in Odisha from 2000 to 2014, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines

As per details furnished by the ministry under the RTI Act, Kejriwal's letter of February 16 was marked to IG of Forests Rekha Pai on February 18 and forwarded to the DG Forests on the same day. The file reached the ministry on March 2 and is awaiting a decision, as per the information obtained under the Act, a copy of which is with ET.
Read more at: Arvind Kejriwal's request of appointing Sanjiv Chaturvedi still pending with environment ministry - The Economic Times

Hello,
"Hi,
I have submitted my PCC application in PSK Thane on 29/01/2015 and status shows that the application ""TH2068436246215"" is submitted to SP Office, District Thane Rural. I am waiting and contacting the local police station but the file is not delivered to local police station.
Pleae request you to tranfer the file to the local police station.
Thanks,
Abhishek Ambolkar"

[h=1]1,121 complaints pending with NCM in last three years[/h]
New Delhi: As many as 1,121 complaints received by National Commission for Minorities over the last three years are yet to be resolved, according to an RTI reply.
NCM received 7,629 complaints from April 2011-June 2014, out of which 1,121 or 14.7 per cent are still pending.
In the same period, 3,344 complaints were settled by the Commission, while 2,137 were either forwarded to the authorities concerned or closed.
Report was sought in 1,027 cases while proceedings in 1,121 cases are still in process.
Moradabad-based RTI activist Salim Baig had filed a Right to Information application seeking information on the number of complaints received by NCM and their completion status.
The maximum number of 3,090 complaints were received from Uttar Pradesh of which 463 cases are at the stage of hearing while 1,332 cases have been closed, according to NCM’s reply.
As many as 950 complaints have been forwarded to relevant authorities while report has been sought in 345 cases.
The NCM received 900 complaints from Delhi, of which 149 are at a hearing stage while 358 have been closed. As many as 205 complaints received from Delhi have been forwarded while report was sought in 188 cases.
Read More: 1,121 complaints pending with NCM in last three years | State Times

A high-end entertainment club in the city, Lodhi Club, with over 3,000 members and membership fee running into lakhs, never got its building map approved from the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, and for years it has also failed to pay the pending amount of almost Rs 34 lakh.
This was accepted by the Ludhiana MC and Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) in its written reply to an RTI application which was filed by two city residents.
Read at: Lodhi Club map never approved, Rs 34-lakh dues pending, says RTI reply | The Indian Express

[h=1]Over 37,000 RTI appeals pending with CIC[/h]
New Delhi: Over 37,000 appeals under the RTI Act are pending with the Central Information Commission, the government on Wednesday said, indicating that a lack of time limit for disposal of 2nd appeals by the body is the reason behind the large pendency.
As on February 17, a total of 37,935 2nd appeals are pending with the CIC, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
"As per the Right to Information Act, the RTI applications and first appeals are required to be mandatorily disposed off within 30 days of their receipt. However, no time limit has been prescribed for disposal of 2nd appeals pending with the CIC," he said.
As on December 31, 2013, 22,097 2nd appeals were pending before the information body. The number stood at 35,854 on December 31, 2014.
Read More: Over 37,000 RTI appeals pending with CIC | Zee News

300-odd cyber plaints pending since 3 months
Navi Mumbai: In just past three months, investigation of 300-odd cases is pending with city's cyber cell department. The statistics came to light when Vashi resident Ajay Marathe filed an RTI, seeking the number of cases pending since the past three months.
Marathe had earlier filed a complaint with Vashi police station on August 24 last year about a video on a social networking site that showed a youth torturing a stray dog. The matter was transferred to the cyber cell. "It has been six months since I lodged a complaint but there has been no development. So I sought the extent of department's backlog through RTI," he said.
Even other residents have complained about the delay in detecting cases. Nerul resident Arati Chauhan said that she had lodged a complaint about an objectionable video of women is being sexually abused, is being circulated on Whatsapp. "It's been over four months but the case remains undetected. The cops said that the service provider was not sharing the details of any videos or chats," she said.
Officer from the cyber cell affirmed that they face problems while investigating cases pertaining to online fraud, siphoning money from bank accounts or posting obscene videos on social media. "The concerned organizations should share the details, which doesn't happen in case of social sites and banks, causing delays," said an official.
Ex-IB official Nainan Thomas said that if the organizations don't cooperate, activists and like-minded individuals should force the government to bring in an ordinance where no organization can withhold information required for police investigation.
The cyber cell officials maintained that till October 2014, the cell has managed to detect 27% of the 522 cases that were registered.
Read More: 300-odd cyber plaints pending since 3 months - The Times of India

I am attaching judgement dated 14-08-2012 of Hon'ble High Court of Gujarat in connection with number of ICs-vis-a-vis Pendency Status. CIC and most of SICs are suffering from huge pendency of appeals/complaints and consequent delay thereby adversely affecting fundamental right to citizens.
NO OF ICS GUJ HC 140812.pdf

Hello,i am a student of bput . i have given an exam for my back paper and results were also published but my paper is not showing . can i apply rti for acquiring for the following information? plz help..

Under RTI to the PIO , whether can I ask about a Govt. Servant Past criminal history, any pending criminal cases, or disciplinary action is pending ,has he appeared with respect to any criminal court case as a witness or has he attending a criminal court case as a witness.
After asking this under RTI, If any case if it is not there , whether will he file a defamation case against RTI applicant.

Hi guys,
I need some help in framing questions (yes, I know you don't ask "questions" under RTI, but you get my point) regarding the voter registration form I submitted weeks ago. Skip to "RTI Application" part of my post if you don't have time.
Why?
While I understand I shouldn't be using RTI for such personal grievance purposes (at least that's what I have been told), the reason why I'm inclined to use it because I couldn't get proper answers from the staff at my VREC or the official Helpline of CEODelhi. Here's the telephonic conversation of how it went:
I called the Helpline (1950) to enquire about the status of my application:
Me: Hello, would you able to help me with the status of my voter's application?
Helpline: When did you submit your application?
Me: Three weeks ago
Helpline: *smug laugh*, voter registration is a 2 months process.
Me: Okay, thank you, bu...
Helpline: You will get a phone call and will be requested to visit and submit your documents.
Hang-up
I then decided to try my luck with my constituency VREC:
Me: Hello, could you please let me know how long does the voter registration process takes?
VREC: One month. Have you submitted your application?
Me: Yes, I've submitted form 6 online.
VREC: What's your name?
Me: , I also have an application ID...
VREC: It'd be better if you personally visit the VREC. When did you submit your application?
Me: Three weeks ago
VREC: Then we haven't got it yet.
Me: But... I didn't even give you my application ID...
VREC: Did you get any phone call?
Me: No.
VREC: You'll get a call and will be asked to visit and submit your documents. After that process you'll be issued an ID card in a month.
Me: But I have already uploaded the documents.
VREC: Yes but you'll get a call and will be asked to visit and submit your documents.
Me: ...
Me: Okay... Thank you.
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Firstly, what I don't understand is how could the online process delay the process by one month (see VREC response). I thought they'd receive my application almost instantly. Secondly, both places emphasised on "phone call" and personal visit to deliver the documents (which I of course don't mind), but according to the FAQs on :: Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi :: the BLO should be visiting my place for house verification AND to obtain my signature and collect the documents (if not uploaded) - or possibly verify the originals.
RTI Application:
This is my first attempt at writing a RTI application, I will really appreciate your inputs.
RTI Template: http://i.imgur.com/37uRC.jpg (100kb)
Information requested:
Please inform me whether the ERO/AERO of "___________" Assembly Constituency has received voter's registration [form 6] application ID XXXXXX dated XX, XXXX, XXXX?
Please provide me the details of the actions taken on aforementioned application (2.1).
Please inform me the current status of the aforementioned application (2.1).
Please inform me whether there are any rules / guidelines under which the enrolment of the voter and the issuance of EPIC must be done under specific period of time.
Please provide me the name and designation of the officer/s responsible for the maintenance of online enrolment system located on http://ceodelhi.gov.in/
Please provide me the name and designation of the officer/s responsible for the processing and transferring of online voter applications to their designated VREC.
Please inform me whether VREC are required by any rules/guidelines to obtain Age/Residence Proof documents from an applicant even if the documents were uploaded during the online registration process.
Please provide me the list of proofs of residence that are acceptable.
Point #8 is already answered on the CEODelhi website but I would like to know if there has been any modifications.
Am I making sense here?

The pendency list (number of cases pending) in the CIC - analysed Ministry wise and also IC wise, is available in the following link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_rQ0CGA8hfeHZMQzZCUVBsYTIzWEw0eDEyanktTkhlQ3pz/edit?usp=sharing
Members can notice the wide disparity in the pending numbers - basically due to allocation of departments amongst ICs in a ad hoc manner without applying any mind.
After this list was submitted to the CIC, it seems they are now re-allocating the departments between different ICs.

Our office does not close the accounts on 31st march but processes them for about 15 days into april. During this period all the papers are dated march 31st and we see a lot of activity and financial irregularity. Bills are processed without due diligence and 25% of the yearly budget is spent during the last two weeks of march (actually march 15-april 15).
I want to ask a few questions in this matter and I need your help and comments.
Q1: Please let us know the total amount of bills passed during the month of march.
Q2: Please let us know the total number and values of all cheques dated march 31, 2013
Q3: Please let us know the total number and values of all cheques dated April 01-15, 2013
Q4: Please let us know the breakdown of the cheques written on 31st march and their dates of encashment
Q5: Please let us know the total number of bills and the amount not processed by march 31st but processed in the nest financial year with the approval of the competent authority and please provide a copy of the said approval.
Q6: Please let us know the total number and amount of bills passed during the last quarter (jan-mar, 2013)of the last financial year.
I want your suggestions.

Dear Friends,
Greeting for the day!!
Since one year I am complaining against the illegal construction of a godown and the office with encroachment on my land to the Municipal Corporation and the Mayor to take measure step and action. The several application to The Mayor, The commissioner of Municipal Corporation, The ward Councillor, The FIR to the local police station did not turn up fruitful. The RTI report done says that the there is no LU CC and building plan sanctioned on the construction. At last I had sent a notice to the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation with CC copy to all mentioned above to take measure step, which again seem to be unheard. Hence, request me to guide and help what measure step can I take, should I write RTI application addressed to the PIO of the office where matter is pending? or there is any other way to get answer of my pending unresolved work.
Regards,
Amit